Argues that armed resistance was critical to the Southern freedom struggle and the dismantling of segregation and Black disenfranchisement.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1
1. Terror and Resistance: Foundations of the Civil 11 Rights Insurgency
2. "I'm Here, Not Backing Up": Emergence of Grassroots 27 Militancy and Armed Self-Defense in the 1950s
3. "Can't Give Up My Stuff ": Nonviolent Organizations 50 and Armed Resistance
4. "Local People Carry the Day": Freedom Summer 83 and Challenges to Nonviolence in Mississippi
5. "Ready to Die and Defend": Natchez and the Advocacy 121 and Emergence of Armed Resistance in Mississippi
6. "We Didn't Turn No Jaws": Black Power, Boycotts, 145 and the Growing Debate on Armed Resistance
7. "Black Revolution Has Come": Armed Insurgency, Black 173 Power, and Revolutionary Nationalism in the Mississippi Freedom Struggle
8. "No Longer Afraid": The United League, Activist 211 Litigation, Armed Self-Defense, and Insurgent Resilience in Northern Mississippi Conclusion: Looking Back So We Can Move Forward 254 Notes 261 Index 305 About the Author 339
